Toronto Public Library has just posted city directories that include most of Peel, from the 1950s and 1960s! Look for the "West and North-West Suburbs" volumes:

tpl.ca/downloads-eb...

A booth in a mall, utilizing two tables.

Today until 4 pm, visit us at Shoppers World Brampton for #ArchivesAwarenessWeek #2026AAW
We've brought a display, free image prints, and free buttons.

A sculpture with twisted metal forms. A woman readies to putt, while a man kneels and lines up the shot.

#ArchivesAtoZ: F is for fairways, through feet of a sculpture, a Peel Museum fundraiser event for United Way in 1990.

A chick drives a car, wearing a driving cap. Two chicks in the back wear caps like soldiers. The front of the car engine has pussy willow branches. Words Easter Greetings, Lewis-Hepton family fonds.

#ArchivesAtoZ
E is for Easter

Why don’t archivists digitize everything? Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records o…

#ArchivesAtoZ:
D is for digitization: it's more complicated than you'd think, meaning we need to be selective and strategic:
peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...

Album cover largely in red, with a black a white photo of a woman, Doreen Boss. To her side, the number 100 looks like a rose.

A is for album: After winning a Chinguacousy songwriting contest in 1972, Doreen Boss was chosen to create a song for Brampton’s centennial in 1973. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwQl...
#ArchivesAtoZ

Broadside poster reading "farm for sale."

The Warnock family, whose farm was auctioned #onthisday in 1890, is namesake of a lake on this exact lot. It's just southeast of Caledon Village in @townofcaledon.bsky.social

A colourful image from the albums of Jean Elliott, Brampton. She didn't note where this garden was, but other photos were taken in areas around Georgian Bay.
#ACAHashtagParty #ArchivesColourTheory

Here's the link: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/quiz/the-...

The backwards running clock: Reflections on “Time Wars,” archival work, and gratitude “On June 15, 2460, the Committee for Temporal Intelligence was formed. Agents of the committee, after careful training and conditioning, began to travel back through time for the purpose of conduct…

Our understanding of Peel's history is routinely re-shaped by the records in our collection. Explore that and "counterfactuals" such as what if the Mississauga train derailment hadn't happened, or if Peel's capital was elsewhere: peelarchivesblog.com/2026/03/09/t...

A man with a small brush mustache and a bowler hat stands on a porch during the winter.

John Bush was a train porter living in Lakeview (now #Mississauga) from around 1923 to until his death in 1948. Read more about him and two other residents: archive.org/details/thre...

#ACAHashtagParty #ArchivesBlackHistory

Thanks! It was definitely one of the goals, to show a general audience the process of researching someone through lots of little clues. This first round is actually more of an exception to the rule, having found actual resources at Guelph Museum late in the going, and another with active family.

Congrats to @peelarchives.bsky.social for this little book. Interesting format and lots of sources for further research.

Three early Black residents of Peel : Region of Peel Archives : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Original publication by the Region of Peel Archives, compiling a number of publicly available sources like censuses, land records, newspaper articles, etc.

Newly published free ebook:

"Early Black residents of Peel County: three profiles" takes a look at the lives of a entrepreneur and singer, a porter, and a teacher.

archive.org/details/thre...

A man and woman sit. "Region of Peel Archives, Elizabeth Smeaton fonds."

Tin types like this are among the earliest photographs in our collection. This is an unidentified couple in the collection of Elizabeth "Bessie" Smeaton (1886-1979) of Inglewood. #Caledon

A man stands with a horse.

Happy Lunar New Year!
Here's Cyrus Brown, a carriage horse breeder of Meadowvale, ca. 1890. His clients included the Governor General of Canada.
#Mississauga

Three early Black residents of Peel : Region of Peel Archives : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Original publication by the Region of Peel Archives, compiling a number of publicly available sources like censuses, land records, newspaper articles, etc.

Newly published free ebook:

"Early Black residents of Peel County: three profiles" takes a look at the lives of a entrepreneur and singer, a porter, and a teacher.

archive.org/details/thre...

#onthisday 1986, forty years ago, CBC series "Seeing Things" aired an episode filmed partly at the Peel County Courthouse, now PAMA.

A small building, possibly wooden, with a stone front, and a large window covering most of the facade. A bush on the righthand side. Credit to Region of Peel Archives photo collection.

A wintery photo of the butcher shop at Summerville, Dundas Street at Etobicoke Creek. Built in 1898 by Joe Culham. #Mississauga

Winter Walk Day - Ontario Active School Travel Don't hibernate - celebrate! Winter Walk Day is celebrated across the province on the first Wednesday in February. Encourage your community to journey outside and walk, wheel, and roll to school!

Coincidentally, schools under post-secondary ("pre-secondary"?) call this Winter Walk Day.

ontarioactiveschooltravel.ca/winter-walk-...

New on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social : Village of Streetsville minutes from 1936 to 1947, 1952 to 1961, and their planning board minutes from 1954 to 1959: archive.org/details/town... #Mississauga

An article about Candlemas Day and Groundhog Day.

Groundhog Day was created in 1886 in the US, an update of Candlemas. The first mention in #Brampton 's The Conservator newspaper was in 1893, but it wasn't mentioned again until 1938.

Black History Month

As we commemorate 30 years of Black History Month in Canada, we reflect on the vision, creativity, and perseverance of Black communities past and present—and look toward the future.

Discover the stories and items selected to honour this legacy: www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

A cropped image from a flyer of cans of Minute Maid orange juice, 89 cents.

Did your house have concentrate juice in the freezer?
The last brands on the market in Canada, both via Coca-Cola, are being discontinued, via CBC News: youtu.be/niIilevblQg
Pic from RPA ephemera collection, first A&P flyer of 2000.

Newly available online: County of Peel minutes, by-laws, and reports, 1853-1973 I am very pleased to announce that we have placed a nearly complete run of the published sets of County of Peel Council minutes, by-laws, and reports, from 1853 up to 1973, on our Internet Archive …

New on our blog, a look at the newly digitized Peel County council minutes, by-laws, and reports, including mention of the Fenians: peelarchivesblog.com/2025/12/29/n... #cdnhist

Annette Dionne, last of the famed Canadian quintuplets, dies at 91 | CBC News After she and her siblings were taken from their parents in the 1930s and put on display for tourists, Annette Dionne became a champion of children's rights. She died on Christmas Eve, according to Th...

Annette Dionne has died.

The surviving Dionne Quints were consulted in the creation of 1999 Peel Heritage Complex exhibition about their life.

#PortCredit St Lawrence Starch promotional items were among what was included.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Cover of a book titled "By Laws of County Council of York and Peel."

New on @internetarchiveca.bsky.social, every County of Peel minute book (1867-1973):
archive.org/details/peel...

People interested in what's now Toronto and York Region may be interested in the Home District, and United Counties of York and Peel minutes (1842-1866).

Water streams through an artificial power embankment. Postcard captioned "Walshaw Dam, Bolton, Ont. Canada." with credit to the donor, Betty Bull.

A postcard of Walshaw Dam, Bolton, postmarked #onthisday 1909.
Bolton is now part of the @townofcaledon.bsky.social

It's me! Talking about The Toronto Book of the Dead in Brampton this Thursday night!

Brampton Historical Society Local history lovers, join the Brampton Historical Society for monthly meetings to enjoy presentations, networking, and chances to win prizes!

Tomorrow night, @adambunch.bsky.social presents "The Toronto Book of the Dead & The City's Morbid Past" at Cyril Clark branch of Brampton Library, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

More info: bramlib.libnet.info/event/14255886